1988-1989 Academic Catalog

42 Academic biformation The honors seminar "Sociology ofSport" qffered Winter Quarter 1988 involved special class sessions with Philadelphia Phillies third-baseman Mike Schmidt, seen here in chapel with President Dixon. The Honors Program The Honors Program is designed to challenge gifted students to reach their academic potentials through a specially designed course of study. This program is not a major, but rather a spe– cially crafted sequence of courses which enrich existing major fields of study. The courses designated as "honors courses" are rigorous and demanding, challenging students to aspire to greater heights in the world of ideas. Admission to the program for entering freshmen is based upon ACT/SAT scores, written essays, high school rank and grade point average and when possible, a personal interview. Prospective stu– dents must complete a separate application which is available through the admissions office. A limited number of students are admitted into the program each fall. Students enrolled in the honors program are required to complete seven honors courses in addition to a senior research project or thesis. Three of these courses are taken in the freshman year in a sequence entitled "The Making of the Modern Mind," which tracks the development of philosophic, literary, scientific and aes– thetic traditions against the background of the history of western civilization. These three courses meet general education require– ments in humanities, philosophy and history. In the sophomore and junior years, honors students take four integrative seminars. Each honors seminar is taught by two or three faculty members from different academic departments in a team-teaching effort providing an interdisciplinary perspective to the topic of study. In the senior year, each honors student conducts a year-long research project under the direction of a faculty mentor from the student's academic department. A thesis is written as part of this research project. At graduation, honors students receive appropri– ate recognition of their honors status. Course requirements for the Honors Program involve 32-36 quarter hours including: I. Freshman Colloquia: The Making of the Modern Man .......................... 15 hours Fall Quarter: Classical Antiquity (5) Winter Quarter: Renaissance and Reformation (5) Spring Quarter: The Age of Revolutions (5) IL Honors Integrative Seminars . , . . . . . . . . . . 12-16 hours Four seminars, each 3 or 4 hours, taken in the sophomore and junior years. III. Honors Research Project/Thesis ... , . . . . . . . . . 5 hours A research project in the student's major, conducted under the direction of a departmental mentor. Through the Honors Program, Cedarville College encourages superior scholarship, allows a thorough integration of the various disciplines, and provides the student an opportunity to under– stand better how all knowledge relates to its theistic source. Hon– ors offers an adventure in the world of ideas, coupled with practi– cal incentives for transcribing faith and learning into larger culture for the glory of God and the benefit of men and women in His image.